This month’s article from pH Miracle is all about salt. Salt is the most important component in alkalizing the blood and tissues. There have been so many misconceptions about salt that most of us don’t know the right type of salt to use and how vital it really is for good health! There is so much confusing information out there about salt and whether or not it is the cause of high blood pressure or hypertension. To calm a few fears out there about the use of salt in the diet and share why, if a person is eating and drinking alkaline, salt is more than just okay, we’re sharing Shelley’s take on the essential natural mineral, salt.

I’ve just come from a pH Miracle trip to Italy and then India. While in India I decided to take a run out on the beach. A little mist of rain was falling at the time, and I even thought it would be refreshing to run in the rain, but little did I know, that that little mist would turn into torrents of monsoon rain pounding down upon me. As I kept running – literally drenched – a big wave came along and dumped about 50 or so jellyfish and 2 huge sea turtles in front of me on the sand! The sight was incredibly shocking. Something had caused all of this ocean life to die. When I arrived back at the hotel I was told by my son, Alex, that it wasn’t a good idea to be near or in the ocean when it rains like that. I asked why? He told me that the pH of the ocean becomes more acidic after a big rain and that all of the pollution hanging in the sky and the pollution in the soil get swept into the sea. I was shocked, but I learned that day to understand just how important the pH of our oceans are to the sea life that make their home there.

This got me thinking about the importance of our internal ocean – our blood – and our lymphatic fluid called plasma and how vital the pH balance of these fluids is to our cells that make their home there. Salt is one of the most important elements that keep our internal oceans in a state of balance.

Salt is a vital substance for the survival of all living creatures – particularly humans. Salt helps to regulate the water content of the body. Water regulates itself, working its way into into the interior of all our cells. It has to get inside each cell to cleanse and extract the toxic wastes of cell metabolisms. Salt forces some water to stay outside the cells and balances the amount of water that must stay outside the cells. The two ‘oceans’ of water in the body are these two oceans held inside and outside the cells of the body. Good health depends on a highly delicate balance between the volume of these oceans, and this balance is achieved by salt – unrefined salt.

When we drink enough alkaline, energized water to pass clear urine, we also pass out a lot of the salt that was held back. This is how we can get rid of edema fluid or acidic fluid in the body; by drinking more alkaline energized water. Not with diuretics, but with more alkaline energized water! In people who have an extensive edema or acidity and show signs of their heart beginning to have irregular or very rapid beats with the least effort, the increase in alkaline water intake should be gradual and spaced out, but not withheld from the body. You can also add 1 teaspoon of colloidal “liquid salt” to help decrease acidity and regulate the heart beat.

Good sea salt is NOT the same thing as table salt which has been stripped of its companion elements and contains additive elements such as aluminum silicate to keep it powdery and porous. Aluminum is a very toxic element in our nervous system. It is implicated as one of the primary causes of Alzheimer’s disease. Good sea salt has many other functions other than just regulating the water content of the body. Here are some of the more vital functions of sea salt in the body:

1. Heart: Salt is most effective in stabilizing irregular heartbeats and – contrary to the misconception that it causes high blood pressure – it is actually essential for the regulation of blood pressure – in conjunction with alkaline energized water. Naturally the proportions are critical.2. Brain: Salt is vital to the extraction of excess acidity from the cells in the body, particularly the brain cells.3. Blood: Salt is vital for balancing the acidic sugar levels in the blood; a needed element in diabetics.4. Cells: Salt is vital for the generation of hydroelectric energy in cells in the body. It is used for local power generation at the sites of energy needed by the cells.5. Nerves: Salt is vital to the nerve cells’ communication and information processing all the time that the brain cells work, from the moment of conception to death.6. Intestines: Salt is vital for absorption of food particles through the intestinal tract.7. Lungs: Salt is vital for the clearance of the lungs of mucous plugs and sticky phlegm, particularly in asthma and cystic fibrosis.8. Sinuses: Salt is vital for clearing up catarrh and congestion of the sinuses.9. Salt is a strong natural antihistamine.10. Muscles: Salt is essential for the prevention of muscle cramps.11. Mouth: Salt is vital to prevent excess saliva production to the point that it flows out of the mouth during sleep. Needing to constantly mop up excess saliva indicates salt shortage and over-acidity.12. Bones: Salt is absolutely vital to making the structure of bones firm. Osteoporosis, in a major way, is a result of salt and water shortage in the body.13. Salt is vital for sleep regulation. It is a natural hypnotic.14. Salt is a vitally needed element in the treatment of diabetics.15. Salt on the tongue will stop persistent dry coughs.16. Salt is vital for the prevention of gout and gouty arthritis.17. Salt is vital for maintaining sexuality and libido.18. Salt is vital for preventing varicose veins and spider veins on the legs and thighs.19.Salt is vital for reducing a double chin. When the body is short of salt, it means the body is short of alkaline energized water. The salivary glands sense the salt shortage and are obliged to produce more saliva to lubricate the act of chewing and swallowing and also to supply the stomach with water that it needs for alkalizing foods. Circulation to the salivary glands increases and the blood vessels become “leaky” in order to supply the glands with water to manufacture saliva. That leakiness spills beyond the area of the glands themselves, causing increased bulk under the skin of the chin, the cheeks and into the neck.20.Salt contains about 80 mineral elements that the body needs. Some of these elements are needed in trace amounts. Unrefined Sea Salt is a better choice of salt than other types of salt on the market.21. Bones: Twenty-seven percent of the body’s salt is in the bones. Osteoporosis results when the body needs more salt and takes it from the body. Bones are twenty-two percent water. Is it not obvious what happens to the bones when we’re deficient in salt or water or both.22. Salt will help balance acidic hormones and the symptoms associated with hormone imbalance.23. Salt will reverse sugar cravings.24. Salt will neutralize acids associated with muscle cramps or restless leg syndrome.25. Salt will help reduce adrenal stress.26. Salt will provide a matrix for cellular communication.27. Salt will help energize the body.28. Salt will help reduce hot flashes.29. Salt will provide the primary elements for producing sodium bicarbonate to alkalize the fluids of the extracellular and intracellular fluids.

With all these facts on why good sea salt is so important to our health, we need to make sure our diets are alkaline – meaning we’re consuming good amounts of green leafy veggies, raw green juices, nut and seed milks. Pureed and chunky vegetable soups are also a must, especially in colder weather, and plenty of good healthy snacks like seaweed snacks that come already salted.

PH MIRACLE SALT GIVEAWAY: WIN PHLAVOR!

We at pH Miracle use a liquid sea salt called pHlavor. We spray it on all our salads and soups and even just under our tongue when we are fatigued, or are having sugar cravings. We’d like to give a lucky reader a sample bottle of our pH Miracle Liquid Sea Salt today! Just leave your comments below and tell us why you’d like to win. Good luck, readers!

Cool! I never new that! I am trying to eat a more alkaline diet but it is difficult as I am in university and subject to dorm water and institutional food. Sigh, this salt would be a great and way to help alkalinize!

I had candida overgrowth because of an antibiotic for a long time. I can give you a simple advice. Try using Microhydrin to be able to bring you PH to a normal balance and a probiotic(achidophilus). In few days I started eating without having any allergies after, my energy is back to normal and try to go to gym as many times as possible. Infrared sauna helped me alot. Vitamin B complex, Calcium and Magnesium are really important aswell.

this is such a fascinating and relevant article! my husband is constantly examining different aspects of nutrition and salt was recently on his list. he has approached diet from both angles–little to no sodium when cooking and salt in moderation–to see how it would affect his body bc he gets palpitations occasionally. he’s also looked at foods that affect alkaline levels. i’ve always been a proponent but now i’m excited to shop for various versions of sea salt. the liquid sea salt sounds like a great place to start. thanks again! i’ve already forwarded this article to my husband!

About two months ago, I was sitting in class, and all the sudden had trouble breathing. The doctor said that my bronchial tubes spasmed. I was prescribed an inhaler. I’d had asthma when I was little, in which I had to use an inhaler, I was not thrilled. I am also a Vegan, for health reasons and am always looking for healthier choices. I’d like to see what pHlavor can do for me.

My older brother has be telling me about alkalinizing myself. Like many other siblings in the world, we tend not to listen to our own. Well, now that I have read our article, I do believe it. I will continue to read your articles and I would truly love to win the phlavor give away, also.

I would love to win this because #1 I would love to try this and #2 I love to win!! I have been eating a ph miracle alkaline diet and I am AMAZED at the results so far. My skin has improved dramatically and I can just imagine based on that how the other tissues in my body are responding. Yay!

This is amazing! I loved every bit of this article and am truly fascinated. I have a degree in dietetics and always love to expand my knowledge. Pieces of information like this only fuel my desire and passion to do so much more than just textbook type jobs. The world is too beautiful and creative to not explore on every horizon. Thank you!

I WANT TO TRY THISSSSSSS! I am vegan and I start the day with a pint glass of water with fresh lemon juice for Alkalinity. Then I make a deliciousultra green smoothie in my vitamix. I eat tons of kale and dark leafy greens. Take a groovy Vit. B supplement and load up on flax etc. Lately I have been TIRED. Trying to figure out why. I read this article and though “Yes, send it to me!!! I want to spray it under my tongue when I am fatigued!! Yes sireee 🙂
Anyway I’d be happy to try it out.

This is really interesting – I usually bounce between trying to cut out salt and then overdoing it. It’s nice to have this ‘permission’ to start using salt, intelligently, in our daily diets. Like (some) fats, salt gets a bad rap in the media while many forget about the beneficial aspects and how it’s necessary for overall wellness. Thanks for this lovely reminder!

I’m diabetic (thyroid problems, double chin, pancreas problems, fatigued all the time, need to lose weight, sleep apnea, and all the fun things that go along with diabetes. My husband has been told to lay off salt altogether by his doctor, no apparent reason . However, I feel salt is important to our bodies and I’m even more convinced of it since reading this article. I was born and raised on the shoreline of Australia(always in the ocean) but my health has deterioted greatly since moving to Utah so I’d love to see the results of liquid pHlavor and prove the doctors wrong.

I’ve always been so salt phobic believing it aided in water retention and high blood pressure – I only use sea salt, Malden or gray but only sparingly in cooking and rarely if ever added after. I tick all of the boxes above and am astounded frankly. Starting today I’m embracing this essential element obviously missing from my diet! Thanks for concise information!
CM

I have been eating all organic fruits and vegetables since Nov.2012, my vegan diet is very strict because I have health opportunities that I’m trying to overcome, recently I have desired salt because just eating the salads are becoming a challenge. Thank you for the great info, now I will add a little seat salt for taste as well as its what my body needs.

I’m very into salt. I use Himalayan pink salt on everything (err, well not quite everything) but I use a lot of it. I also take salt baths which I find very good. I like the sound of this pHlavour so I may have to try some!!

I’m in the process of healing my body from the affects of candida. I feel like a Lab Rat in a good kind of way. Starting in May 2013, I had bronchitis and it plagued my body for 3 months. The doc.gave me 3 rounds of antibiotics, 2 steroid shots, top of line otc meds, cough med. nothing seemed to work and my cough and sinuses/mucus multiplied! Gave up on the medical doc.and I set out to research how to heal my body naturally. I discovered Dr. Tullio Simoncini’s formula for candida.( sodium bicarbonate-lemon juice-blackstrap molasses) I started sweating in hot tub/epsom salt and spraying my body afterwards with anicient minerals, magnesium oil(read Dr.Sircus books ). I started alkalizing my body,changed my diet( read Dr.Youngs pH miracle book) and testing my pH every morning. Aweek ago, I started using molecula silver by mouth and breathing it thru nebulizer. I’m 90% well. The mucus infection/coughing symptoms are disappearing. Yesterday, I drank one 16oz.water mixed with tsp.sea salt in addition to following the sodium bicarbonate formula 2xday for candida. This morning my first morning urine pH jumped up to 8.50 closer to 8.75 using pH stix made by pHion. Today I became MORE interested in benefits of sea salt and most importantly changing my pH. I have learned alot this summer as a Lab Rat and I plan to share this information with my High School Health Classes. Preparing power points as we speak. Thanks,

I would like to try the pH Miracle Liquid Sea Salt. I like the idea of using it under the tongue and having these healing salts available in liquid form to use every day. I am just coming back around to bringing my pH under control, after having succeeded a year and a half ago losing all excess weight by starting with a 10 day fast, drinking alkaline water, and eating all the good pH food, plus juicing and green smoothies. I now have a new home and kitchen and all the equipment to follow a healthy green eating plan. I am having some symptoms that formerly disappeared, high blood pressure, headaches, and other problems. I know the sea salt is so healing and I am ready to give it a try. Thanks for this site for getting my mind back in focus on pH living. You guys are awesome!

I found that gargling with warm salt water at least 3 times a day has cured my throat problems. I never knew why it worked but now I understand better. This is awesome! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, your definitely making a difference,
Peace!
Renee

My concern is Cesium in sea salt , from japan’s nuclear wastes dump into the pacific to other nuclear plants throughout the world that continuously dump their wastes. One thing is clear everytime they build a nuclear plant next to the sea, all the fishing companies/fisherman in that area go out of business.

I would like to try PH liquid see salt. I am learning about the benefits of salt. It is amazing. I love to try this product before I tell my friends how it is. Some of my friend don’t believe salt is good for them if they have high blood pressure or kidney stone. The best prove is in the pudding–my good health.

I’ve been diabetic for 7 years and it’s been a rough journey with many highs and lows. I’ve tried so many options,until i saw some testimonials on the pH miracle diet, i would really love to try the salts and see how they’d work 🙂

I was in nursing 37 years, the last 12 as an RN, and the last 2 of that I taught Diabetic Wellness for an insurance company. I retired with several autoimmune disorders, including Rheumatoid Arthritis. I have Fibromyalgia, and severe bone loss. I take 16 pills a day including Oxycocone 3 x a day. I weigh 265 lbs and was mobility incapacitated, but because I am not a diabetic, I didn’t suspect that the same disorder was causing most of my symptoms- that of chronic Metabolic Acidosis Syndrome, caused by poor nutrition. After all I cooked from scratch, not from boxes. I recently read about this and about foods causing acidosis and plan a strict veggie/fruit diet. I plan to go off coffee, tea, cola, and to drink 8 quarts of water a day, some of it veggie juice. I just read your article and it made so much nutritional sense. I would love to try your oral sea salt, but live on less than $17,000/year and cannot afford extras. Please consider me for a free sample. Thank you for the information, Vanda

I’m so glad there’s information like this on the importance of salt in one’s diet! I’ve been doing some reading on it, trying to find the best way to approach my borderline hyperthyroidism with a more body-conscious mentality. This article helped SO much!

Ive never heard of liquid sea salt but would love to try it, i had bladder surgery and the tiny mss they removed in it was cancerest, and so i thought maybe the sea salt might help stop the reacurrence.

Hi I have high blood preaure and I am loosing mymamory I am very young so I would like to try all this that your talking about with all the greens and If I get the salt hopfully I could win this salt… Thank you

Sounds great. Our health care providers are sadly lacking in their knowledge of everything Natural that the body needs. They have fooled themselves and many others into thinking man-made is an improvement over what God created to go along with the nourishment of the body He created.

I have high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, went through ablation, which failed, heart rate dropped to 30, doctor implanted pacemaker, one of the leads punctured my heart, had to have fluid drained from sack around the heart, fluid started to build in my feet, legs, belly, and lungs. Fluid was drained twice from each lung, now I am on 10 different medications and Doctor said I should be on a low salt diet. I have a PhD in nutrition and know better and when I seen your article with the 29 different problems that the wrong salt can cause, I said almost everyone of those points explains most of my problems. A free bottle of pHlavor would go a long way to help me regain some or maybe all my health back. When this helps me I will call my friends and family members that have some of the 29 problems listed and tell them about your product. God Bless You. Marlene J.

This article could save my wife’s life. She is currently hospitalized because we cannot get her blood pressure down.
We are vegans but, we were unaware the salt we have been using some thirty years is not what we thought. We
would like to win this contest but, more importantly, if you could e-mail me where I can obtain this product today,
I will BUY IT. Its that important to me! Liquid sea salt is something I’m going to alert my friends and family to buy as well. Thank you.

This sounds like what I need. I have acid reflux disease and have been drinking too many sodas and acidic drinks.
this would be good to add to my water to get my pH in a slighlty alkaline state.
Thank You, also is there a place to purchase PHlavor?

I am a diabetic and I have used sea salt for many years, however I didn’t realize that regular sea salt is also processed and the minerals are removed. I try to convince others to switch to sea salt because I thought it was healthier. I would like to try the sea salt that you promote. Thank you, Gloria Sanders

My fiance has colon cancer that has metastasized to his liver and his sodium levels are low and I am afraid to let him have salt for fear it will cause the cancer to be spread further. We are trying to find the right diet to beat this cancer and I would love more information. Is there anyone available to speak with me?

Great article. There are two reasons I am commenting: personal and business. On the personal side, I am 50 and need to put effort into growing bone faster equal to or faster than my body breaks it down. Appropriately raising the alkalinity of my body is key to this effort. Related to business, my husband and I produce Martha’s Vineyard Sea Salt, a 100% natural, sun dried Atlantic Ocean sea salt. Further, MV Sea Salt is “green”, that is, it has a very low carbon footprint because it is not boiled nor centrifuge dried. I can’t wait to try your sample, and then send you one of our sea salt so you can taste the difference, and feel good about the low impact production methods, both.

I was diagnosed with cancer in three organs of my body and given 0% chance to beat it. A friend told me about an alkalizing diet because cancer feeds on an acidity/sugar diet. I’m reading all I can and changing my diet please send me Phlavor to help.

I have been fighting skipped heartbeats for over 40 years and in the last three years have read and studied as much as anybody in the world…I have tried lots of remedies and have found that certain types of magnesium has helped and then seemed to peter out,,,,pedialyte seemed to help for awhile. Yesterday I had a whole day of skips and remembered an article by Ted from Bangkok about putting some salt under your tongue ( not table salt ) and it seems to help but I do not want to get my hopes up and I have been disappointed so many times in the past. I have missed out of so many things in my 70 years because of this problem and I know I should be able to overcome the mental strain of skipped beats but just cannot seem to…as a side note I have never had an MD help me in the least. I ran across this article and have signed up and maybe just maybe you will be the answer I have been looking for..

What an interesting and informative article. It certainly explains why my new doctor put me on a high salt diet. After all of these years of being told low salt, low fat, etc. This is a whole new way of eating for me. This website and your products sound just what I am needing and looking for. Thank you.

I am in my eighties, have afib for which I take the Rx Multaq. Very toxic and I would like to get off it. Is it likely this salt protocol would present a solution? I would like to try your liq.salt. Thanks

I am diabetic and have had diabetes for a little over 40 years. Quite the debilitating disease. I’m much better off but still need help to feel better. Looking into sea salt and its alkalizing benefits. Gonna start today on it. I also have a friend with stage 4 brain cancer and trying to get him to try an alkalizing diet too. Doctors have not been much help after 3 brain operations. Thanks for the article.

Hello, I stumbled upon your website as I was searching the web for info about alkalizing my body. I have struggled with many many health issues over nearly 30 years because of mercury toxicity and am seeking knowledge on how to bring my body’s ph up. It is quite interesting what your article has to say about ingesting salt. If you are still considering giving out a free product I ask that you would consider me. I have pretty much exhausted all my savings trying to heal and be healthy. Thank you! Blessings, Kimberly W. from NJ

Hi
I have inerstichal cystitis and if you dont know what that is, it’s an incurable disability of the bladder. Basically, my urine is toxic to the gag layer of my bladder. I have to drink lots of water to raise the PH of my urine. I don’t mean to be gross or give TMI, but when I’m having a flare I drink baking soda and Himalayan pink sea salt in my water and it stops the pain. It’s like constantly having a UTI or bladder infection. I would Love to try your product. I’m trying to alkalize my body. Thank you so much.

My wife suffered a nearly devastating heart attack in 2005. Discovered that she had developed type diabetes and has lived with that since. A couple of years later she was diagnosed with cancer. My wife is a five plus survivor of colon, liver and lung cancer. I do everything that I am able to help her maintain her health and live a good life. I would love to have her try a sample bottle of our pH Miracle Liquid Sea Salt. She is a fantastic woman and I’d like to help keep her around for a long time.

I am paying a lot more attention to salt and sodium content since my mother had a heart attack and is on a low sodium diet. I had no idea that there were salts that are actually good for you. This would be a great way of adding flavor without damaging your health. I’m anxious to try it out.

Thank You for your article and I thank the many responders.I have suffered many of the above symptoms and I found little to no help from the medical community. Through prayer and perseverance ,reading and just searching I found a site where I learned how to make sole which helped with every symptom mentioned in your article,it also helped with my histamine issue. Although I have made and use the sole I would love to try your product. Thank You again for the confirmation I really needed it.

I would like to try it because I have sought problem eating sweets and I’d like to stay “rest assured” that my alkaline level is balance and stable the older I get to ward off sickness and diseases of all types and to stay free from putting a health burden on my family.

Some of us see the forest and some of see the trees. Few of us see the leaves and very few of us see the roots. What you are saying makes a lot of sense. You see beyond the roots. Thank you for your words of wisdom.

Great article! Just took my Ph readings this morning Urine at 5.5….ugh. need to loose 20 pounds as well…so shifting to Alkaline diet will help me loose weight and balance Ph. Was searching sea salt and found this article om sea salt because i am making Alkaline water to drink. I was concerned about the salt needed in the water BUT now know that sea salt is a good thing. THANKS!

Vanda I just want to add here that I think Celtic Sea Salt might help your metabolic acidosis…I have the same thing and Celtic Sea Salt (grey, 84% sodium chloride, etc) is the only thing that cures all my health issues, which are a lot like yours. Its worth a shot :). Good luck

Please send me a sample of your product(s). I strive to give good information to my clients and continue to look for ways to create balance in their life and mine. I thank you for your willingness to help others and presentation of information on your site.

I just learned how vital it is to keep our bodies alkaline with vinegar , and would rather not injest it … opting for a more nutrient based method , plus i have issues with sugar cravings im not correcting as easily as id first hoped

Wow! I wish everyone can use alkaline salt in place of table salt. The benefits are mind blowing. It is indeed a miracle salt. Please I will like to have a bottle of this so I and my family can be blessed with its benefit as we plan to begin to use it ASAP. Thank you.

I had a crazy episode yesterday, I’m super healthy normally but I was at a store and I told my daughter that I felt wierd, like alll the energy from my body just evacuated. I am normally upbeat and talking and bubbly. But I literally went in the stores bathroom and fell asleep on the toilet. So embarrassing. I didn’t even know how long i had been sitting there. I found out it was my blood pressure had dropped to 70. So as I was looking and talking to people about help. My friend sent me the article on sea salt. So I just put it on my tongue and I’m trying to see how it works. He said to put it on my tongue everyday. I would like to get a sample and know more about the spray. And if you know of studies done with sea salt and low blood pressure

I’ve always had swelling in my legs, not my feet and never realized or was told that it could be caused by a lack of salt. I would like to see how this works with my body and hope I can win a try. if I do see a change you will have me for life, as I hope and plan to make it to 100. I am 61 now.
Debbie B

I need to alkalize my body…. have health issues. It is hard because most alkalizing foods are high in arginine. I need to eat high lysine food. I would like to try your liquid salt. I’m willing to buy it, but I don’t see how to order. I would also like information on how to use the salt for healing. I do have some edema and heart palpitations. I am on thyroid medication for Hashimotos Thyroiditis. I want to get off of the medication and heal my thyroid. I need to build the density in my bones. I’m so happy to have found your article!

I just read Dr “Batman” Book on the body’s many cries for water. I have been battling asthma for many years. His book discusses the body’s need for salt. And how the lack of salt contributes to an increase in asthma symptoms.

Age 80. Higher frequency hearing losses during past decade and lately memory losses, especially names of people (including newer family members) and also of businesses, streets, states, manufacturers and products keep fading away. Oftentimes may be recalled five or ten minutes later, other times not until the next morning. Otherwise physically and mentally doing quite well. Would like to try the naturalized sea salt to learn if that is the source of my brain memory losses.
I thank you for your interest.

This is amazing so thanks a million for sharing this information!!! Am nearly 67 and in great health relatively speaking however I have started taking a more radical approach to improving it so winning would be lovely. Take care, Jill

I am 57 years old and just broke my fibula…tibia and 3 metartarsal bones in my on 4/21/18. I am really going through it. They did a bone density test and said I am osteopenia…I suffer from anxiety….severe hot flashes and have vericose/spider veins. My son sent me this article and I truly believe I could hopefully benefit from your product. I am desperately searching for help. Thanks for considering my thoughts.

I am so surprised and excited to learn that salt is so important and may be able to help me to reduce my fatigue and reduce my varicose veins. I definitely want to start to increase using the good salt and that is why I would like to try your PH Miracle liquid salt (PHlavour). I now know the meaning of ‘worth your weight in salt’.